MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 23, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

MLB's 2026 international signing period opens on Thursday, and its importance can't be understated. While the vast majority of players are teenagers years away from reaching the big leagues, history tells us that the impact some of them make once they get there will be enormous. In 2025, four players

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 23, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

The calendar has flipped over to 2026, and we already have year-end awards on our minds here at MLB Pipeline. In 2025, we picked two of the three American League Rookie of the Year finalists in the Athletics' Jacob Wilson and Roman Anthony of the Red Sox. And we singled

The new year is for new starts, the unknown and the to-be-determined. No one can perfectly say what will happen in this 2026 calendar year, but we can certainly take a few highly educated guesses. In the land of Minor League Baseball, there may not be a more sought-after prediction

Whether it’s the ball drop at midnight on Jan. 1 or the first pitch of Opening Day, we as a people like to celebrate the beginning of a new year/season/calendar/schedule by observing the movement of spheres. As we move from 2025 into 2026, we at MLB Pipeline are always keeping

With the Minor League season in the rearview mirror and a new year on the horizon, we took a look at how some of the top prospects performed in 2025.

When we rank prospects at MLB Pipeline, it’s always with a long-term-potential frame of mind. We’re trying to project what kind of big leaguer each of these Minor Leaguers are going to be, so we look at tools or stuff and how we think each player will use them consistently

We talk about individual breakouts throughout the season -- hitters and pitchers who exhibited impressive growth to unlock another level in their prospect stock. Pile enough of those up, maybe throw in some nice additions through trades and the Draft and you'll notice that farm systems as collectives can have

The Mets’ season didn’t go how anyone in the organization would have hoped, with the reigning National League runners-up missing the postseason entirely in 2025. The recent departures of previous franchise stalwarts Pete Alonso, Edwin Díaz and Brandon Nimmo haven’t helped matters with the fanbase either, though the offseason is

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The Mets had a chance. It was 0.67 percent of a chance, but it was a chance. New York went into the Winter Meetings as one of 15 teams with an opportunity to win the 2026 No. 1 overall pick in the Draft Lottery. Instead, the organization moved to what

Call them the lucky 13. Thirteen players -- 12 right-handed pitchers and one catcher -- received their best chances yet to crack a Major League roster upon their selections in the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday. All 13 were Rule 5-eligible because of the length of their careers and were

While a solid percentage of picks in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft get at least some big league time the season following their selection, it’s not so easy to stick around for an entire year.

The Rule 5 Draft can be a fascinating, if imperfect, process, and you only need to look at last year’s edition to see why. On one hand, the White Sox selected Shane Smith from the Brewers and watched him blossom into an All-Star before finishing with a 3.81 ERA and

The Mets and Rangers swapping of outfielder Brandon Nimmo and second baseman Marcus Semien may have been a one-for-one trade (with some cash going to Texas, too), but it set up a series of dominoes on both sides, particularly when it comes to prospects. Last week, we covered how Mets

The Mets’ blockbuster trade to move longtime outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for All-Star second baseman Marcus Semien accomplished much for the NL East club. It solidified the keystone position. It improved the team’s overall defense. And it may have cleared a lane for a Top 25 overall prospect

It’s the reason for the season. On Thursday, folks all across Chicagoland and beyond will gather with plates filled with turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes for American Thanksgiving, and with the Bears not playing until the next day, maybe the attention around the dining table turns to another sports fandom.

The Rule 5 Draft protection deadline came and went Tuesday. As expected, all six eligible Top 100 prospects were added to their respective clubs’ 40-man rosters before the 6 p.m. ET closing bell. In total, 54 players ranked among their organizations’ Top 30 prospects were protected from the Rule 5

The Arizona Fall League can serve as one final chance for Rule 5-eligible prospects to prove to their parent clubs that they are worthy of a 40-man roster spot before the November protection deadline. Nick Morabito passed his audition.

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There were ample rookie storylines in the 2025 season. Eight members of the 2024 Draft class climbed to the Majors quickly in their first full seasons. One of them, A’s first baseman Nick Kurtz, established himself as one of the most powerful left-handed bats in the game, regardless of experience,

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- An Arizona Fall League coach knew Nelly Taylor's background … or part of it anyway. He knew the Florida native -- a plus runner and impressive defender in center field -- didn't play football growing up in Clearwater. There was a good reason for that. "I said

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Tommy White was no stranger to the multihomer game in college. He had five in his one season with NC State alone and seven more across his two years at LSU, the most recent one coming on May 18, 2024 -- his final regular-season home game as